Chapter 251 – Justification

Chapter 251 Fighting for Justification

“I have a question for you.”

“Tell me.”

“If I become the Demon King, what will the general man do?”

“I will become your general.”

“It is strange.
He rebelled at best, but I don’t understand why he wants to be number two.
What do you want?”

“Instead, I should have some real power.
I’ll put my own person in the position of chief butler and chief of intelligence.”

“… Do I decide the position of the prime minister and the position of military commander?”

“Yes.”

An officer in charge of military affairs.
The head of the house in charge of finances and internal administrative affairs.
An intelligence officer in charge of intelligence work.
Prime Minister in charge of foreign administration and diplomatic affairs.

Ask for 2 out of the 4 important posts close to the demon king?
That’s also information and budget related work?

“He’s a demon king, but he’s half a puppet?”

“Beginning is half done.
So take half.”

No, what kind of nonsense is this?
Didn’t you almost be humiliated after hearing it at first glance?

“Isn’t it just that you are the Demon King?
Since it is during the war, the authority to command troops is delegated to the general, not to the military commander.
Since you have real power in the military, you actually occupy 3 out of 4 key positions.
You want the demon king to sit on the throne, what is it?”

“Is this because you want to be me?
After all, isn’t the position of the demon lord the exclusive possession of dark blood holders?
After the first demon king, the explorer demon, came to the ground, demon kings were only produced by demons.
Because only demons can receive the ‘power of fire’ from the black sun of the demon realm.
That’s unfair too.
Beast tribes cannot become demon lords due to congenital reasons.
Is this fair?”

“What is it?
But it’s true that thrones are usually connected through bloodlines.
The Hwan Empire even encourages incestuous marriages.
Are they saying that we need to preserve the lineage of shapeshifters by dividing sacred bone and true bone?
What’s so unusual about it?
Hey there, General.
It’s just the two of us so let’s be honest.
I am the one who ate junk food for the longest time besides the berserkers who make their living in war.
I guess that’s not what you want to say?
Don’t you want to be a demon lord?”

They keep complaining about being a beast tribe, but the beast tribe is the most prosperous among the peoples other than the demon tribe.
To be precise, a nation that rose in status in a short period of time by being loyal to the previous demon king in the civil war of the previous demon king.
If you insist on irrationality and inequality, the civil war would have been started by now berserkers, night elves, and vampires in the highlands.
In fact, Khan, the head of the berserker tribe in the highlands, and Nene, who subjugated the night elves, tried to establish me as the demon king.

So, Caltz’s claim is not the truth, it’s just his own argument he wrote when he joined the generals and soldiers under his command to the rebels.
No matter how great a general, the army cannot be moved without a cause.
Then, the way to crush these rebels lies in the weakness of the cause.
You have to find it well.

“If I pretend to be the demon lord, as a beastman, other minor tribes will fall away.
Isn’t the Demon King Army a military alliance formed by the ‘Liberator Demon King’ by uniting a small number of tribes centered on the Demon Tribe?
There is no reason for me to lead.
So Kamyu, you become the Demon King.
Sit on your throne and enjoy life.
All sorts of beauties, gold and silver treasures, a splendid castle, and a daily banquet.
You will receive a great reward for putting up with it for a long time.”

“Ah, so in the end, he will control me from behind and cook everything, so you can sit on the throne as a good scarecrow, right?”

“Exactly.
Instead, it provides pleasure enough to compensate for the lost 200 years of time.
May you spend the rest of your life comfortably and happily.”

Hey
I can’t even hide my greed anymore.
I’m so glad
Because I can know.

“They made me an offer I couldn’t refuse.
Isn’t that a very attractive proposition?”

“I can’t refuse.
If you refuse, the price is high.
And I have a great workaround.”

“What’s the next best thing?”

“I’ll let you know when I put these handcuffs on.”

What Carlz took out was the magic blockade handcuffs.
The handcuffs I used to capture Angela, and the handcuffs Stella was wearing when she was imprisoned in the Constellation Tower.

“Refuse.”

“Rejection is refusal.
I was just asking out of courtesy.
You have to.”

“Then the answer came.”

Take out Nene’s dagger.

Fishik, smiling Caltz.
The iron glove on my hand makes a metal clashing sound.

Cellar.
Narrow space.
Magic nullification area.

An environment that is overwhelmingly advantageous to him as a physical person.

Then you have to change the plate.

“Aaaaa!!!”

“Come!”

Come what?
Gotta get out
Give strength to your thighs!

CeeeeeING! Quaang!!

“?!”

Leaping up to the ceiling, I punched the ceiling with the hand holding my master’s dagger.
The moment your fist touches the ceiling, protect your fist with Diamond Art.
Death Blow, no, anti-air version of ‘Shooting a shooting star’!

Thanks to the cut, there is a large hole in the ceiling.

“Fair tricks!”

I land on the floor and try to jump one more time.
Carlz trying to stop.
Run up to me

Whoops!!

Oh my god.
Is that a fist or a catapult?

A fist that flew with the sound of the wind cutting.

It’s rumbling!!

“!”

And sliding down the kaltz.
Emptying the cellar door is a bad idea.
It was difficult to make a hole big enough for me to pass through in the first place.
If it was Ran, I would have pierced it like that, but ‘Shooting a shooting star’ isn’t my skill.
The level of perfection is still low.

Tadadak!!

I run to the cellar entrance,

“You bastard!”

Carlz turns around.
I like the balance.
To throw a punch with such a big movement and then turn around right away!!

“Thank you for the compliment!!”

Jump!

Open the door and attach the amulet.

Caltz tries to grab the door, but closes it, clapping his hands.

Damn!

“Be firm! Stick!”

Taoism is not affected by the magic nullification area.
It’s not the rearrangement of natural forces in the first place.
In addition to miracles, an ability whose exact activation principle has not been revealed.

Bump, rattle!!

While Calz pulls the wooden door, he runs down the slope.

Quaang! Quaang!

The wooden door is quite thick, but it can’t stop the swords.
It’ll be a while

“Stop!”

“Move!”

Flying knife.

Shhh!
Caang! Zeng!

I cut it off with my master’s dagger and hit it with the head of the handle.
A crumbling beastman soldier.

Kwwaang!!
Wow!!

The sound of wooden doors breaking and cracking.
Also the general.

“Catch him!!”

Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding!!!!!

An alarm goes off.
Beastman soldiers burst out, and here and there the sound of drawing a sword and an ax is full.
Damn, there’s no way to subdue them without magic.

“Strike!”

“Fuck!”

Kuang! Hung! Blah blah!

Dodge the ax by tricking it, dodge the sword with the master’s dagger and kick it in front.
The pushed enemy interferes with other enemies, and I step on the fallen soldier.

Whoo!

Second axe.
I evade it with a front stomp, hold Master’s dagger upside down with the blade reduced to its original form and take a shot at the instep.

“Keuk… !!”

Sorry.
I don’t want to do this to my allies, but I can’t help it.

“Catch!”

“Leg!”

“Backwards!”

Too many now
You can’t get through this adversity without magic.
Take out the signal flare from your pocket.
I hypnotized him with insurance on the way back, but that was a condition that would activate after 3 hours.
Adolph, some time has passed since I talked to Carlz, but I still need more time.
Caltz will guess that Stella is nearby.
She’ll try to catch her
Stella… She won’t try to leave me and run away.
You have to let me know before that.

Clink!

First, break the window and set off a flare… !!!
Moment to shoot.

Mr. Yuung! Knock!

“!”

An arrow that perfectly hits my flares.
Signal flares break and fly away.

“Stop power operation!!”

“Adolph… !!”

Adolf with a light bowgun in one hand.
You hit the signal flares right on that street outside the wooden building.
It’s like a guy.

“What are you doing now?!”

“Adolf!
It’s a rebellion!!
Now these guys are me… !!”

“This is the name of the general!!
Sanggun Kamyu is a traitor!!
I have to catch him… !!”

“Joyooooo!!!
Power action gmaaaaan!!!
If it moves, I will take immediate action aaaaa!!!
Camu, you too!
Align your troops!
Shoot the ones that move!!”

Shiik, kudangtang!!

Ignoring Adolf’s words, I threw the beastman soldier who was hugging me with a flip.

“There! Stop it!”

Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!

Adolf’s guards aim their bows at once.
A large bow with excellent strength.

Isn’t Adolf on the same team as Carlz?
Or smoke?

“I thought it was a five-man battle between allies, what the heck is this!
The name of the general… !”

“It’s the name of the general, Adolf.”

“… !!!
5th Corps Commander Baptiste!!
When are you here… ?”

“According to the order of General Caltz, I came to punish the traitor.
Hello!
Siege that building!”

“Yes!”

Cheek Chuck!!

Beast tribe soldiers surrounded the building in no time.
They are evenly distributed from centurion commanders to battalion commanders.
It seems that 2 battalions and 2,000 soldiers were enough to surround this building.
… It’s amazing.

Fast.

Adolf clenching his molars.
I don’t seem to understand this situation.
Well, I guess that’s the case with me too.

Chin.

I use this gap to get out of the building through the broken window.
You can feel the green lawn beneath your feet.
Beast tribe soldiers follow me outside and surround me from afar.

Adolf exclaims in exasperation.

“Rebellion now, what the hell is this…”

“It is true. Adolf.”

“Inspiration!!”

Thud. Thud.

A heavy sound that echoes with every step.
It’s Calz.
Adolf is also 2 meters tall, but he is even shorter in front of Kalz.
Feeling that the difference in height reveals the difference in status between him and Kalz.

Let’s hit the player.

“Treason!
General Calz, you are a traitor!
Here, there is the letter of appointment for the diplomatic envoy and the military ranks of the Demon Queen Rumika and the official communication of the operation plan!!
Can you see everyone?!
Clearly stamped with the seal of the princess!!
Who is the leader of this demon army now?
Are you the legitimate successor of the Demon King, Princess Rumika?
Or Warlord Caltz?
Who would want to arrest the undersecretary and the high-ranking army without permission, accompanied by a document stamped with the princess’s official seal?!
This is a violation of the commandment!
Carlz, you are a traitor!”

Shit.

Dried lip corners.
The intense fierceness of the lion beasts stands out.

“General Camu.
I am arresting you for rebellion and transfer under the Demon King’s Criminal Law.”

“By what authority do you have it?
On what charges?”

I am so full of laughter
A lion piercing my heart. The growl of the Beast General.

“General Camus Franz.
As a holder of Dark Blood, you conspired with Nene and Kan, the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King’s Army, to assassinate the Demon Queen, Rumika, and try to become the Demon King.”

“!!!”

My heart froze.
Yes yes. And khan.
It’s true that they did things without my consent or knowledge.

“Also, in collusion with the Four Heavenly Kings, Nene, and the 3rd Corps Commander, Van Dark, they used Marianne, the ‘Saint of the Sun’, to attack the Cathedral of the Sun God Church, triggering the 2nd War to Defend the Fatherland.
This triggered an unprecedented crisis in the demon king’s army, and the above acts constituted a crime of rebellion and transfer, and are arrested.”

“Dog sound.”

“This can be proven by the fact that Kamyu, a high-ranking military unit, united with Duke Dupre, the maternal aunt of the royal family of Amitie, without permission, and promised to marry Stella Amitie, the ‘Princess of the Star’, who infiltrated the Demon King Assassination Team into the castle.
In addition, Nene, the Four Heavenly Kings, and Van Dark, the commander of the 3rd Corps, conspired with the Sun God Cathedral to accept money and move troops in exchange for transfers.
Enough proof!”

Damn it
When High Priest Phillip paid money to attack Marianne, Van Dark came to clean up after receiving a huge amount of money.
That was what you said

Lee Ja-sik, skillfully mixing up what actually happened and what didn’t happen, and putting a false charge on it!
Are you a politician?
Since when did Carlz become good at plotting like this?

No.
Not kaltz
There are obviously other helpers.
A person capable of spilling such high-quality information and plotting.

We’ll deal with this later, let’s face it first.

“You are making the mistake of overextending and extending causality.
Besides, the formal alliance with Stella-sama was signed and sealed by Rumika-sama as well!
It was decided after discussing it at the royal meeting in accordance with the official procedure of the country!!”

“The fact that you united with an enemy aristocrat without permission and entered into a marriage contract with an enemy princess is prioritized.
A preliminary candidate report?
Is that what anyone did?
Isn’t that what you did as an informant?”

“That was my mission in the first place!
In recognition of that, he was awarded the current rank of First Officer by the Princess!!
It must have been included in my appointment letter, right?
Who beheaded Reynald, the Knight Commander of the Templar Order, and who cut the Elven Sniper Belondel, the enemy of the Demon King?!”

“And you made Angela Valentine, another enemy of the demon lord’s army, the ‘Knight of the Moon’, a guardian knight, and left her saintess Marianne alive?
Even giving you Valkyrie armor?”

“It was intended to punish the wicked Catherine and divide Amitie!”

A battle of words goes back and forth in front of Adolph, the commander of the 1st corps, Baptiste, the commander of the 5th corps, and the beastmen.
Adolf struggles to speak.

“General…”

“Shut up.
It’s not something you would consider a friend of yours.
Baptiste!
Arrest him!”

“Who dares to tie up the messenger who has received the command!
Is it you it’s you?
From now on, anyone who touches my body will be considered treason!”

Hmm. After all, the status of Rumika’s lover is useful.
The recent case of Rumika’s lap pillow, the comforting incident I hugged, etc. Are all spreading among the soldiers.
Touching the messenger who conveys the command, or damaging the command, is a challenge to the commanding authority.
The one who sent me is Rumika Theresia Bernstein, the legitimate successor of the Demon King.
At this moment, when there are no troops under his command, a cause far more important than the position of the First Army.

However, Batiste, the commander of the 5th corps, does not bat an eye.

“Sergeant.
Lower your weapons and surrender.”

Batiste is approaching.
His subordinates follow him and approach me.
Adolf urgently blocks the front of the 5th Corps commander.

“Wait a minute!!
What are you doing right now?!
Without an arrest warrant!”

“In wartime, the military commander has the right to make an emergency arrest and immediate action.”

“That is limited to violations of the Military Criminal Law during combat!!
Are we in battle now?!
The emergency arrest right cannot be invoked until the minimum facts are proved…”

“Yes.
Commanded by the name of the general.
Adolf, arrest him.”

“Inspiration… !!”

“Adolph. Personal friendship is understandable.
But this is an act of risking the existence of the country!!
Recall the Five Commandments of the Demon King’s Army and the National View.”

“He’ll make me a demon king with his mouth, so it’s not like a general who asked for real power.”

“Shut up, traitor!”

“Didn’t you know my lineage and try to hold me back and play with me from behind?
You asked me to put you in the position of chief butler and chief of espionage under your command?”

“Adolf! What are you doing?!
Arrest with your own hands!”

“Adolf!
Think carefully.
Do you see me as someone who would betray Rumika?!”

Goofy.
Adolf biting his lower lip.
There are veins on the neck and forehead.

“Adolf! Arrest! Hurry!”

“Adolf!!
If there is a suspicion, isn’t it right to make a formal accusation?!
Is this the right way for you to see it?!”

Adolf raised his forehead in a complicated thought.
Cold sweat flows through the eyes.
The moment Baptiste, commander of the 5th corps, tried to pass Adolf with a frustrated expression.

Chuck.

Adolf blocking Baptiste with his arm outstretched.
He opens his mouth like a squeeze.

“I am…”